News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-14

Adown his warm esophagus.
Miss Dora Stevens, of Isle LaMotte,
is stopping at George Stratton's for a
few weeks.
Mrs. Bradford E. Marble and little
girl from SOMERSET, Mass, are visit
ing at l. c. Vaughan's.
Mrs. L. p. Jackson and two young
est children have gone to Chicago TO
spend a few weeks with relatives.
John Manning, conductor on the
Hyde Park western mixed train, has
moved into the Luther Lilley house.
Hon. Ira K. Batchelder and wife of
Townsend are spending few days in
town with their son-in-law, Rev. E. j.
Ward.
Mrs. F. M. Gale and two children
and Belle Scribner, from Chicago,
are stopping at Abel Putnam's, Mrs.
G's fathers.
Copies of the News AND CITIzEN of
Jolly 18th, containing report of the
centennial, and also Col. Sawyer's
historical address, may be had at either
the Morrisville or Hyde Park offices,
or mailed to any address on receipt Of
five cents.
We are off this week for few days
= outing" with the Vermont Press As
ISOLATION. The trip includes visit to
Boston and Nantucket. The manage
ment OF affairs at home will be left in
good hands and you can pay what you
owe just the same as though we were
on hand.
The American Express company
have issued circulars notifying all
their agents not to deliver any &C. o.
D." express, which they have any
reason to suspect contains liquor.
This, no doubt, will stop the impor
tation Of large amount of cheap
liquors.
The Free Press correspondent stated
that the Tug-of-War Flag was giver
by J. NJ. Hill. This is not so. The
town of Hyde Park donated the fag
and Mr.. Hill the g Golden Oil" 1t i:
rumored that Hyde Park will endeavoI
to 1" tug" it back at some of on
county fairs.
Z. Z. Foster, of Morrisville, has Sc
up a number of very handsome stone
in the various grave-yards in this town
: He is able to do work of high order
and that it is appreciated is evidences
by the numerous orders he receives
The n. 2. Keller monument in on
village cemetery is from his shop.
In our report of the centennial, W
! omitted mentioning the decorations
These were very fine, almost ever
4 house displaying flags and bunting
while the pavilion and public building
= were artistically decorated. The beau
tiful arch over Main Street was ais
very handsome and attracted niue
attention.
e 1t will be very gratifying to OF
q townspeople to know that after paYin
all centennial bills snug sum will
left of the money appropriated. Th
\ certainly is better than coming out
J debt, and shows that our executiS
committee, in addition to providing
Il first-class celebration, handled IL
II funds in a judicious manner.
II The starlit evenings of July will
- full of beauty for those who delight
- study the wonders of the heaven
Venus will shine like a young moon
er the west. Jupiter will be on the M
\ ridian at sunset. Saturn will pa
behind the sun and commence /
s. course as morning star. Mercur
70 like Venus, will reach his eastern lin
and become a morning star.
IN The correspondent of the Burlingt
u independent is /" way off " in his stat
ment that on centennial day & liqu
q, was as free as water and much me
10 easily obtained" Early in the d
liquor was sold at one or two place
Of but they were closed up by an offiC
al as soon as the fact became know
Neither was there thirteen arrests
drunkenness as the above paper state
lg There was less than half that numb
40 and the remark was general that
d. so large a crowd, how little drunkC
mt ness and rowdyism was seen. 1t "
is expected that there would be drunk'
ur ness on the occasion, and in order
prevent it as far as possible, spec
& police were engaged to assist
a officers in their duty and that I'll
nd did it we'll is not in the least gu
nd toned. The statement, we think,
malicious one.